PARADISE INT

As a cozy elementary campus in PARADISE, Texas, PARADISE INT educates 225 students from grades 4 through 5, operated by PARADISE ISD. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 57% smaller than typical.

PARADISE ISD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,331 students. PARADISE INT is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, PARADISE INT lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). The remainder comes out to 13% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Wise County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Wise County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PARADISE INT tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.8%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Wise County put the typical household earns roughly $93,421 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. PARADISE INT is one of 28 public schools in Wise County (combined enrollment of about 12,854 students).

Nearest neighbor: PARADISE H S, around 0.1 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PARADISE INT comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 47.2%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 14%: 198 students in 2018 compared to 225 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the PARADISE INT community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.